Michael Marra orchestra fundraiser concert sold out

Michael Marra. Picture: Bj Stewart

FRANK URQUHART

A CONCERT to raise funds for Dundee’s appeal to set up a Sistema Scotland orchestra in the city has sold out, it was revealed today.

The campaign to establish a Sistema orchestra in Dundee is being led by the family of Michael Marra, one of Scotland’s most acclaimed singer-songwriters, who died in Dundee in December, aged 60, after a long battle against cancer.

Clare Brennan, curator of the Hannah Maclure Centre at Abertay University, said: “We’re delighted this event has sold out so quickly – it shows the huge support there is to set up a Sistema Scotland orchestra in Dundee.

“The project is genuinely inspirational, and we’re hoping our event can really help to support the campaign”